I applaud this effort to lower costs and increase efficiency. We will see lower prices for imported goods and increased efficiency and lower labor costs on the west coast ports because of the increased competition. We desperately need competition for the union thugs who control the west coast ports. Union monopolies are worse than corporate monopolies because we have anti trust laws to deal with corporate monopolies. Union monopolists enjoy broad support by the Democrats and little opposition by the Republicans.
Obviously, controls on illegal immigration must by established. With political will, illegal immigration should not be a problem because of this transportation corridor. Increased illegal immigration is not a direct result of this transportation corridor. Increases in illegal immigration will be a result of a lack of political will, not a result of investment in this transportation corridor.
The union members in question are Americans.
They aren't Mexicans, and they aren't Chinamen.
To figure this one out, that's all I need to know.